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Inkling Commander
for people who are either at work or school and do not have time to watch the 33 minute direct. was written while i was watching it
- direct link: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/05-07-2015/
- presents itself as an aperture science style powerpoint presentation
- shows the character creation, lets you change skin color and eye color, but not hair color
- you build momentum for longer jumps in squid form swimming in ink
- shows off turf war
- stepping in enemy ink impedes your movement, unclear if you take damage or not (you probably do)
- the points you earn in a match are directly translated into currency to buy from shops, and it builds your XP
- shows off urchin underpass (E3 map,) saltspray rig, blackbelly skatepark, walleye warehouse, and arowana mall (no new maps)
- shows off inkopolis plaza, and the shops as following: booyah base (accessory shop,) jelly fresh (shirts shop,) shrimp kicks (shoe shop,) and cooler heads (hats shop,) and ammo knights (weapons store) and details about each shopkeepers personality
- the efficiency of weapons you purchase increases as you level up
- 3 general weapon types: shooters, chargers, and rollers
- shows off the splattershot and blaster, and 2 new weapons; the aerospray mg, and the jet squelcher
- shows off the splat charger, and 2 new weapons: the e-liter 3K, and splatterscope
- shows off the splat roller and one new weapon: the dynamo roller
- weapons are sold in sets, you cannot select your sub and special weapon
- sub weapons: ink bomb, subction bomb, burst bomb, point sensor, ink mine, squid beacon, and the disruptor
- special weapons: inkzooka, killer wail, inkstrike, echolocator, bubbler, and the kraken
- clothes are sold in brands, and you can special order from one brand by inspecting an inkling at inkopolis plaza, similar to ordering furniture from streetpasses in animal crossing new leaf
- perks are called abilities, clothes can earn more slots for perks by leveling them up by wearing them more
- however, you can talk to spyke (new retailer) to buy more perk slots with a super sea snail
- hero mode is renamed to octo valley
- teakettles will teleport you throughout the current level in the singleplayer campaign
- your goal at the end of every mission is to rescue an electric zappfish
- the singleplayer levels will have several things that set each other apart, such as invisible floors, or geysers you shoot to ink up vertically
- singleplayer will have boss battles
- collect power eggs in the singleplayer to level up your weapon for the singleplayer exclusively
- collect sunken scrolls in the singleplayer (one per stage) for exposition
- INKLING JPOP
- battle dojo is shown off
- online is shown off further
- regular battles are just turf war, and you can connect to a friends server. you can only vote between 2 maps at a time, and the list refreshes every 4 hours
- ranked battles are splat zones (king of the hill gamemode,) and 2 new ones: tower control, and rainmaker
- in tower control, you swim up a hovering tower and shoot it with ink. when you take control of it, it starts hovering toward a goal. you can capture an enemy's tower to move it toward your goal. the team to reach their goal first wins. comparable to payload in tf2, except not asymmetrical
- the details for rainmaker are currently unknown
- when enough players reach level 10, the level requirement for ranked battles will be patched out
- dlc will be available to all players for free, such as new maps and weapons
- the ink brush is planned for dlc
- private lobbies will be patched in in august 2015
- 2d arcade game is shown off, called ink jump, just a doodle jump clone
- amiibo are shown off further
- each amiibo offers 20 different missions
- girl inkling provides charger challenges, boy inkling offers rollers challenges, and the squid amiibo offers kraken challenges and ink challenges
- finishing amiibo levels unlocks new 2d arcade minigames in addition to cosmetic gear
- the inkling idols host events called splatfests, in which all players are divided into teams. separate matchmaking mode from regular battles and ranked battles. playing them unlocks super sea snails for adding perks. similar to conquest mode in smash 4
- first splatfest is june 20th-june 21st
- SPLATOON ONLINE DEMO AVAILABLE NOW, PLAYABLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
- preorderers from gamestop get inkling costumes in smash 4
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